HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
Here’s to those who keep us engaged in life’s journey. Continue reading “”
Category: Porsche Blog
THE 356 THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
Once again, Excellence magazine has chosen to feature a “patina queen.” This one is an original 356B Porsche in Ruby Red driven by Rachel Nelson of California on a daily basis. With 285,000 miles on the clock, it’s still ticking and delivering the goods. Rachel’s custom glass goes in the back seat when she delivers small pieces to clients! Continue reading “”
PORSCHE 911: 50 YEARS AGO – BEGINNINGS
At this time 50 years ago, plans were well underway at Porsche to build a replacement for the 356 sports car. The Porsche family, Helmuth Bott, and Hans Mezger were plenty busy in Stuttgart as decisions were being made as to the car’s shape, engine and suspension. Continue reading “”
NEW SINGER 911 VIDEO
Chris Harris and Drive have just released a great video documenting Rob Dickinson’s Singer 911. It’s wonderful to see someone who has the vision and budget to produce a “bespoke” custom Porsche that has no compromises. Of course Rothsport’s slide valve injection might be even cooler, but this car is seriously “horny” as Chris says. Continue reading “”
REMEMBERING SUMMER
Whenever the sun disappears for two months at a time, when the rain comes down in buckets or the temperature drops below freezing, my mind drifts back to nicer days. Last summer in the Pacific Northwest saw plenty of those, and some great track days!
Here’s a short video of one perfect day. A retro-mod Porsche 911, a GoPro camera, and a brand new set of 225-50/16 Dunlop street tires. To paraphrase Kilgore/Milius: “I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning. It smells like… Victory.” Continue reading “”
PORSCHE REPORTS RECORD SALES
Porsche set its all-time sales record for cars and SUVs in 2012. Half of these purchases were made in the USA. Many took place in the traditional hot bed of California. 2013 will bring aboard the new Carrera 4 and 4S, and a smaller version of the Panamera is being planned for 2017. Continue reading “”
GIVING THANKS – R GRUPPE STYLE
When it comes to pilgrims (in the John Wayne sense), they don’t come much more down to earth than the passionate members of that early Porsche 911 hot rod club named R Gruppe.
The club’s foundations trace back to 1998 when Freeman Thomas of So Cal (modified Tangerine 1969 911E) called Cris Huergas of Nor Cal (modified Light Ivory 1969 911S). Huergas’ 911 had just been published in Excellence Magazine (#76 April ’98), and Thomas was inspired to contact him. Continue reading “”
AUTOMOTIVE FINE ART PRINTS
Last week a new gallery went up on my main photo website Images of America. This gallery features my newly developed automotive fine art. Forty images are up and fifty more are being created for specific markets. It’s been a four month journey crafting a post-processing technique that has lent an expressionist painterly quality to my images, prints and murals. Continue reading “”
BUDGET ’67 LITE 911R BUILD
Congrats to my buddy Terry English for building an absolutely amazing 1786 lb tribute to Porsche’s 1967 911R prototype number four. Doing most of the work himself, he somehow managed to complete this transformation from 912 roller in less than six months and for less than $25K. Unbelievable.
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URBAN OUTLAW FILM NOW ONLINE
Magnus Walker, Early 911 Urban Outlaw; Tamir Moscovici, Filmaker; Anthony Arendt, Director of Photography; Wade Odlum, Colourist; and Paul Prouix, Editor. These are the guys who created a documentary film that tells the compelling story of Magnus and his wife, Karen.
KING CONE
Honest, I did not come up with the title for this article! Still, I’m very honored that Excellence featured my 1972 Porsche 911T/ST in their latest issue (#205).
In addition to the magazine, you can read more about Jeff Barstow’s top class win and our great adventure together in SLC on an earlier blog post.
Fast runs at 2012 PCA Parade, mine first then Jeff’s:
MAGNUS CUM LAUDE
When it comes to the early Porsche 911 community, it’s pretty hard to ignore the large elephant in the room when there’s a loud buzzing cloud over its head emanating from social media gone berzerk. Facebook fans, press, ads, films – Magnus Walker has accomplished more in a year than most of us do in a lifetime.
I love the guy. Who doesn’t? He’s got it all going on: tats, dreadlocks, a ZZ Top beard, hip clothes, and a “rules is for fools†attitude. Heck, he’s even got a British accent. He’s everything we are not. Continue reading “”
PORSCHE BOXSTER : ANTICIPATION
Check out this brand new Porsche Channel commercial on the latest Boxster (981). When rain threatened the photo shoot, they decided to roll with it.
Way to go guys. Yes!
AN APPROACH TO AUTOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Number four in my series of RANDY’S PHOTO TIPS a.k.a. his creative photographic process:
When approaching automotive photography, one of the first challenges is the belief that you can fix everything in post-processing. Unfortunately (or fortunately), a car’s complex bodywork and glossy paint reflects everything, especially on dark colored vehicles. So, unless your location and background are clean and well thought out beforehand, you could be left with an image that needs a lot of complicated retouching. Continue reading “”
THE LUCKY AMERICAN
The latest issue of Excellence Magazine (204) carries a story of mine on the 1965 Lucky Lager 911 and the early racing career of driver Bruce O’Neil.
Bruce is certainly “The Lucky American” when it comes to racing the early 911 in Europe in 1967. His was a unique experience that would be very hard (if impossible) to repeat. Racing has changed so much. Continue reading “”